| Contents |
Foreword / Eme N. Ekekwe -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Political economy and class structure in developing countries -- Ethnic and religion politics : the case of Rwanda and Nigeria -- Power sharing and the manipulation of the masses by the elites in developing countries through ethnicity -- Political economy of power sharing -- Political economy of location and localisation of industries in Nigeria -- Religion as a trigger in zoning of public offices in developing countries -- Identity politics : political economy of power sharing -- Identity politics and political economy of power sharing in the Middle East : Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Kuwait, Bahrian, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Yemen -- Identity politics and political economy of power sharing in the Middle East : Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Cyprus, Egypt, Libya and Azerbajan -- Identity politics and power sharing in Latin America : Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti and Honduras -- Identity politics and power sharing in Latin America : Jamaica, Mexico, Nicargua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, and Venezuela -- Conclusion. |
| Abstract |
"Political Economy of Power Sharing in Developing Countries is an in-depth examination of factors that trigger the clamor for power sharing, zoning and rotation in mostly developing countries. These provocations include geographical, ethnic, and religious identity factors that can influence the political process in varying degrees from country to country. The impact goes a long way in determining the stability and instability of the political process in various countries. The reasons for these differences and the impacts are a combination of the endogenous variables in the first instance, which are the primary prompters. Other elements, which are the exogenous factors, are secondary prompters. When these converge, they produce a peculiar impact in a given society based on the characteristic variables and the resulting outcome. The new paradigm shifts in the agitation in developing countries is demonstrated by an elitist instrument of marginalization and self-aggrandizement. The masses are hoodwinked, sensitized, and manipulated through primal sentiment to support the elites in acquiring political power, which in turn enables the acquisition of economic power."-- Provided by publisher |
